Respond to this criticism of the Theory of Evolution: Natural
selection is based on circular reasoning...
Respond to this criticism of the Theory of Evolution: Natural
selection is based on circular reasoning because the fittest are
those who survive, and those who survive are deemed fittest.
1. Darwins theory of evolution by natural selection is the
logical outcome of 4 testable predictions or postulates. List and
define them:
2. How is the word "fitness" defined by biologists compared to
everyday use?
Using a specific example, explain how natural selection explains
the theory of evolution. Also include in your explanation and
within your example, what are the factors needed for natural
selection to act. In your explanation, do not use examples with
domestic animals, or about humans.
Evolution by natural selection is an emergent property of the
structure of DNA. According to the theory, individuals vary in form
and behaviour in heritable ways, which leads to different survival
rates of their offspring.
True or False?
The type of evolutionary relationship shown in phylogenetic
trees is called horizontal gene transfer. Endosymbiosis is not an
example of horizontal gene transfer.
True or False ?
biology involved Evolution and natural selection
1. Evolution by natural selection occurs only if… A. traits are
passed on through the germline. B. traits involved are not
epistatic to others in the genome. C. traits contribute to
differences in fitness and adaptation. D. A and C are correct. E.
A, B, C are correct.
2. Below is a data set on the wing coloration in the scarlet
tiger moth (Panaxia dominula). Coloration in this species has been
shown to behave with non-Mendelian inheritance (the type is...